Calif man sentenced for killing pregnant wife

CHULA VISTA, Calif. 
A man who stabbed to death his pregnant wife in front of their sons in San Diego County has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

U-T San Diego (
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) says 31-year-old Jesus Garcia apologized in the courtroom where he was sentenced Thursday for second-degree murder and child endangerment.

Garcia killed his estranged wife, 28-year-old Maribel Arteaga, in December 2009 at her Chula Vista apartment during an argument over child visitations. Arteaga, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, was two months pregnant.

She was stabbed in front of the couple's two young sons.

Garcia fled to Mexico and hid with relatives for more than a year before his arrest.